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Georgette Heyer (/ ˈ h eɪ. ər /; 16 August 1902 – 4 July 1974) was an English novelist and short-story writer, in both the Regency romance and detective fiction genres. Her writing career began in 1921, when she turned a story conceived for her ailing younger brother into the novel The Black Moth .
Georgette Heyer (1902–1974) was an English author particularly known for her historical romance novels set in the Regency and Georgian eras.A best-selling author, Heyer's writing career saw her produce works from a variety of genres; in total she published 32 novels in the romance genre, 6 historical novels, 4 contemporary novels, and 12 in the detective fiction genre.
The British writer Georgette Heyer (1902–1974) was born in Wimbledon, London, and grew up amidst many literary influences.Her father, George Heyer, was an author and former member of the Wimbledon Literary and Scientific Society, and as a teenager she befriended the future writers Joanna Cannan and Carola Oman. [1]
Like many of Heyer's novels, Lady of Quality is a Regency romance, relying heavily on its setting as a plot device. [3] [4] As noted by literary critic Kay Mussell, Heyer's Regency romances revolved around a "structured social ritual – the marriage market represented by the London season" where "all are in danger of ostracism for inappropriate behavior". [5]
My Lord John is an unfinished historical fiction novel by the British author Georgette Heyer, published posthumously in 1975 after her death the previous year.It traces the early lives of the "young lordings" – Harry, Thomas, John, and Humfrey – all sons of the future Lancastrian king Henry IV of England.
The Unknown Ajax was written by Heyer after a holiday in Rye, a town which features in the novel and is the nearest to the fictional Darracott estate. Hugo Darracott she described in a letter as a completely new kind of hero from her usual stock characters – types satirised here in the brothers Vincent and Claud. [6]